Best Iowa State point guard
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Tinsley- best at ISU
Morris- easily 2nd best at ISU
Halliburton- best NBA point
Morris- easily 2nd best at ISU
Halliburton- best NBA point
Love(d) Tinsley. But there was that one ill-advised layup he missed.
Agreed. One of the best backcourt defenders Johnny had.
Tinsley getting Iowa State to a #2 seed in the tournament in his only 2 seasons is the clincher for me. Even though they lost in the 1st rd that 2nd year, he got that team with arguably mediocre talent to win a ton of games that season
He was PG half the time his only year. I’ll allow it. Don’t remember the game but whizzed an almost full court bounce pass for a layup. It’s on a highlight reel somewhere, was it an NCAA tournament game?You all are ignoring the elephant in the room: Royce White.
I'm sure it's in here somewhere. Take your pick:
Ill-advised?
What else was he supposed to do there?
That rolls in 99.5% of the time on that look and was about 1/2 cm the wrong way that one .5%.
This Tinsley video is similar and right up there with "The Run" by Seneca Wallace versus Texas Tech.
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was it ill-advised? I mean, it was a wide open layup. A gimme. It just had a funny spin to it off of the backboard and rimmed out.
Some not all of his turnovers were his teammates not being ready for a ridiculous pass that no other human would have made.
Tinsley was our best. Eustachy was 57-11 with Tinsley and 44-48 without him.
I think it's fine to admit Tinsley was pretty careless with the ball at times. He was. But that carefree attitude led to some of the most amazing plays you will ever see someone make in an ISU uniform. We had a guy pulling off moves you only see on And1 mix-tapes and winning high major basketball while doing it. It was awesome and truly unique IMO.
That team wasn't going anywhere anyway. That missed layup was just a symptom of the illness.
Now, the frosted tip year was a different story. That team could have made a run.
That team was literally out of gas. Gifted a 2 seed because was screwed out of 1 seed year before. I just wanted them to eek out that 1st round.
My top five would go :
A) Tinsley
B) Monte
C) Hornacek
D) Hali
E) Blalock.
Hali just wasn't here quite long enough and played on some pretty bad teams. I gave Kane some consideration but he kind of split PG duties with Monte and played off the ball alot.
A) Tinsley
B) Monte
C) Hornacek
D) Hali
E) Blalock.
Hali just wasn't here quite long enough and played on some pretty bad teams. I gave Kane some consideration but he kind of split PG duties with Monte and played off the ball alot.
Tinsley
Morris
Haliburton
Tyrese will be the best pro ever from Iowa State and while he was really good in his sophomore season, he was still just scratching the surface of his potential. Didn't help that his year was cut short by the wrist injury.
Monte was on a different level by the end of his senior season. That Big 12 tourney title run was legendary in 2017.
Tinsley was the best ever though.
Morris
Haliburton
Tyrese will be the best pro ever from Iowa State and while he was really good in his sophomore season, he was still just scratching the surface of his potential. Didn't help that his year was cut short by the wrist injury.
Monte was on a different level by the end of his senior season. That Big 12 tourney title run was legendary in 2017.
Tinsley was the best ever though.
Not only point guards, I think Tinsley is a top 3 player to ever play at Iowa State. Take him off the teams he was on and I don't think they achieve anywhere near the level success they had.
Runner-up national player of the year in 2001. First team All-American in 2001 (1 of 4 in Iowa State's history). Also owns Iowa State records for assists per game and steals per game (over their career).
Runner-up national player of the year in 2001. First team All-American in 2001 (1 of 4 in Iowa State's history). Also owns Iowa State records for assists per game and steals per game (over their career).
